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Google requested to label anti-fracking websites as fake news

Following the results of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, search engine website Google rewrote its engine algorithm to bury “fake news,” as such was blamed for Hillary Clinton’s loss and the “propaganda” which defamed President Trump.

Since then, the phrase “fake news” has been a readily-used one. And, members of the industry-funded Texans for Natural Gas are taking advantage of it by urging Google to include anti-fracking websites in its list of sources that lack integrity…